YaYa turned 13 a few days ago.  When she found out all the cousins were going to be here for her birthday, she requested sunny side eggs and polenta for breakfast in the bathtub.  (It might have been some kind of revenge?  I’m not sure).  So, Dr. Peds cooked up…

After a delicious ham dinner with mashed potatoes, we cleaned up the kitchen and Dot decided to take anyone healthy to Bentleyville to see the lights.  I went along to help. We decided that if we were going to Bentleyville on Christmas, we would really do every part of Bentleyville…

After a wonderful and crazy morning of stockings!  Presents!  Food!  Playing outside!  The little people,(some of which were feeling under the weather with viruses anyway) all went down for a wonderful afternoon nap.  After the big kidlets had read on their own for a bit, Auntie Dot and I rounded…

This giant chalkboard sign reminds me to find joy every time I look out the window, and every time I walk up to my back door.  Here are some joyful things that have been sticking out in what is often my least favorite and most busy month of the year:…

He was pretty tickled with this elf hat he made at preschool.  In fact, he was so enamored with the hat that he convinced his sisters to make two more hats out of paper, along with a tiny hat for one of his stuffed animals.

When I purchase a pair of shoes, in the back of my mind I’m always expecting them to last ten years or more.  I’m always surprised when they don’t.  After Mr. Trouble on Feet was born and it turned out that my feet had grown yet another half size (my…

Everybody has their favorite Christmas decorations they look forward to taking out of the attic each year.  For me those include the very special nativity scene my grandmother made for my mother.  I love it because it’s the nativity I grew up with, and I can remember standing on my…

Because we took off on an overnight trip right after cutting down our trees, it has been a slow process to take out the Christmas decorations   All the decorating has had to haphazardly  happen in between all of the other December craziness that is part of our life right…

Because I had to leave for my choir concert, I was only present at this glorious activity for about 15 minutes.  I was sad to have missed the rest of the fun and craziness.  (But I had a great time singing at my concert).  

This boy can be trouble.  This cat can really be trouble.  Luckily I love them profusely.  It helps that they are both very snuggly.